Friday, June 20, 2014

As the world turns....

Today's appt was with my ortho doctor. Basically at this point the only doctor I truly trust anymore! Arm seems to be getting worse by the day.  Back is now hurting again, felt it pop the other night when I was taking a shower.  And of course we are on headache day 83, and today is one of the really bad headache days.  So ortho doc takes x-rays of left shoulder and has now ordered another mri. He also ordered an emg test for my right leg and left arm. Because either the bulging discs in my back aren't showing up right on the mri or there is something else going on.  He was not pleased with who I was sent to neuro wise the other day and how he said the lesions on my brain are nothing to be worried about.  So Dr. Smith made a phone call and I am now scheduled to see Dr. Chang next month!  You know the neuro doctor my ortho doctor wanted me to see but I was told wasn't accepting new patients.  It's amazing how you can get in when a doctor makes the call/request!

So emg test scheduled for near the end of July, along with I think a steroid shot to my lower back/spine.
MRI of shoulder area to be scheduled.
Appt with new neuro Dr. Chang is scheduled for a week before the emg test, and I am to tell him it has been scheduled so he knows to watch for the results.
Ultrasound scheduled this coming Monday for right breast because mammogram may or may not have shown something.  My breast is to dense (much like the rest of me lol) so they have to be sure.

By the end of this year I think I will have had every possible test they can run on me.  Maybe I should schedule a pap smear and a colonoscopy while I'm at it?  I mean why not get them all out of the way! I honestly don't know whether to cry or laugh about it all.  I just know I hurt from head to toe all the time and I just want them to figure it out or at least get me on a medication that will ease the pain.  I don't even care if I have to take these meds forever, I just want to stop hurting. *sigh*

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I just hate hearing that you're in such constant pain. Did you ever ask them about Hashimoto's disease?